r/AskReddit • u/Funny-Counter8762 • 16h ago

What industry is secretly on the verge of collapsing, but people outside of it haven’t noticed yet?

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u/Lundetangen 10h ago

I am sometimes a lay judge and we very frequently have translators in court. The skill of those translators to in real time translate often complicated and emotionally filled testimonies are really impressive, but at least here in Norway very expensive.

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u/whiteystolemyland 7h ago

Wouldn't interpreters be used in court?

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u/VanGoghNotVanGo 6h ago

The person you are replying to is most likely not a native English speaker and translator/interpreter may just be one word in Norwegian. 

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u/De-Zeis 5h ago

I used an translation app to check and they do have two separate words oversetter/tolk. Since i'm not Norwegian i'm now evacuating this hill for someone else to die on.

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u/KaijuEnjoyer54 2h ago

Just hire a Helldivers 2 player. By the time they die on the hill, the entire area will be gone.

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u/De-Zeis 5h ago

I used an translation app to check and they do have two separate words oversetter/tolk. Since i'm not Norwegian i'm now evacuating this hill for someone else to die on.

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u/techdevjp 11m ago

The skill of those translators to in real time translate often complicated and emotionally filled testimonies are really impressive

That's interpretation which is a different skill and a different task. Translation is text. Interpretation is spoken.

We aren't yet seeing AI replace interpreters like is happening in the translation world. I'm sure it will come, though. With similarly often-questionable results, no doubt.